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A political prisoner died in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following 13 years of arbitrary detention and abuse, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Emirates Detainees Advocacy Center (EDAC) reported on Wednesday.
HRW’s UAE researcher Joey Shea stated:
The UAE’s controversial counter-terrorism law, which subjects anyone convicted of “adopting extremist or terrorist thought” to indefinite detention, facilitated the crackdown. This definition includes anyone who voices opposition or criticism towards the UAE government or “Islamic principles.” The detainees under this law have been subjected to beatings, prolonged solitary confinement, stripped of their nationalities, and barred from seeing their families. Although he finished his sentence in 2022, Al-Khaja was not released.
Civil society organizations and the UN, which have demanded the immediate release of the detainees, have widely condemned the UAE’s persecution of political opponents. Despite the international outcry, HRW reported in June that the UAE committed another wave of mass arbitrary arrests under the counter-terrorism law, which resulted in 83 convictions, including 67 life sentences.
The UAE maintains that those arrested are terrorists and that it has granted adequate due process. Despite allegations of human rights abuses, the UAE continues to develop closer ties with the US, especially following US President Donald Trump’s 2025 visit to the region.
Based on Articles 57 and 71 of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the “Mandela Rules”), to which the UAE is a party, states have an obligation to investigate thoroughly and impartially into any custodial deaths or allegations of cruel treatment. The rules also require countries to provide prisoners access to adequate medical care. The UAE, however, has asserted that it implements the Mandela Rules, ensuring the inmates’ rights to medical care and to communicate with their families and lawyers.
These custodial deaths of political dissidents in the UAE show an international pattern, following earlier deaths in custody of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Belarusian political prisoners.
Recently, the UAE has also faced another tidal wave of international condemnation due to its involvement in the Sudanese Civil War, which sparked genocide allegations for its role in supplying weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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HRW’s UAE researcher Joey Shea stated:
Ali Abdullah Fath Ali al-Khaja died in the UAE’s al-Razeen Prison, which is infamous for detaining political opponents and torture. Al-Khaja was initially arrested in 2012 alongside 93 other political dissidents and sentenced to 10 years after being tried in the “UAE94” mass trial.
The UAE’s controversial counter-terrorism law, which subjects anyone convicted of “adopting extremist or terrorist thought” to indefinite detention, facilitated the crackdown. This definition includes anyone who voices opposition or criticism towards the UAE government or “Islamic principles.” The detainees under this law have been subjected to beatings, prolonged solitary confinement, stripped of their nationalities, and barred from seeing their families. Although he finished his sentence in 2022, Al-Khaja was not released.
Civil society organizations and the UN, which have demanded the immediate release of the detainees, have widely condemned the UAE’s persecution of political opponents. Despite the international outcry, HRW reported in June that the UAE committed another wave of mass arbitrary arrests under the counter-terrorism law, which resulted in 83 convictions, including 67 life sentences.
The UAE maintains that those arrested are terrorists and that it has granted adequate due process. Despite allegations of human rights abuses, the UAE continues to develop closer ties with the US, especially following US President Donald Trump’s 2025 visit to the region.
Based on Articles 57 and 71 of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the “Mandela Rules”), to which the UAE is a party, states have an obligation to investigate thoroughly and impartially into any custodial deaths or allegations of cruel treatment. The rules also require countries to provide prisoners access to adequate medical care. The UAE, however, has asserted that it implements the Mandela Rules, ensuring the inmates’ rights to medical care and to communicate with their families and lawyers.
These custodial deaths of political dissidents in the UAE show an international pattern, following earlier deaths in custody of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Belarusian political prisoners.
Recently, the UAE has also faced another tidal wave of international condemnation due to its involvement in the Sudanese Civil War, which sparked genocide allegations for its role in supplying weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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